Yorko said her goal is to "safeguard against this type of situation in the future."

She plans to have the Public Service committee, which she chairs, explore three options: more frequent mailings to residents who are in violation of the ordinance, linking the database tracking violations with the property database so new buyers know of outstanding fines, and shortening the timeframe between when residents fail to pay and setting the tax roll – a list of homeowners who failed to pay their fines.

The snow ordinance also contains a sunset clause, so Yorko would like the committee to amend the statute as part of the re-approval process.

The next scheduled meeting of the committee is Wednesday, Oct. 5 at noon.